US 11,741,818 B2
Systems and method for closed loop tracking of hand hygiene compliance
Sudhi R. Sinha, Mumbai (IN); Orkun Onur, Greenville, SC (US); and Andrew Baines, Cheltenham (GB)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,701.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,458, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0301413 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 21/24 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G01S 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/245 (2013.01) [G01S 1/047 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for tracking hand hygiene in a bathroom, the method comprising:
identifying a direct connection probe from a mobile device, wherein the direct connection probe is received at a hand hygiene dispenser;
determining an identifier for the mobile device based on the direct connection probe;
receiving sensor data associated with hand hygiene;
identifying a first timestamp for the direct connection probe;
identifying a second timestamp for the sensor data associated with hand hygiene,
matching the sensor data associated with hand hygiene with the identifier for mobile device wherein the sensor data is matched the identifier for mobile device based on a comparison of the first timestamp and the second timestamp;
determining whether a hand hygiene threshold is met; and
generating a message indicative of whether the hand hygiene threshold is met.